Mujtaba
Boy · mooj-TAH-ba · Arabic
Mujtaba is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chosen, selected”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Mujtaba mean?
Arabic
“chosen, selected”
Al-Mujtaba, 'the chosen', is a title of Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and second Shia imam.
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Is Mujtaba a girl's or a boy's name?
Mujtaba is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mujtaba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Mujtaba, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mujtaba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Mujtaba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Mujtaba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Mujtaba, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Mujtaba in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mujtaba in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
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